5 Back To School Organizational Ideas for an Elementary Math Classroom

The following are 5 quick organizational ideas to integrate for the 2011-2012 elementary math school year:

1. Have a math journal for each of your student so they can write about their learning in this subject.
2. Have 4 or 5 math centers ready for students to use the first week of class.  
3. Look at past performance and/or prepare a pre-test to give out the first week of school to see what a students knows about math and see which students needs to advance and who needs more practice in a particular skill.
4. Have a math absent folder.  Use this folder to insert math assignments that a student will need to complete because he or she has been absent/sick.
5. Buy motivational stickers or stamps to give to students when he or she is making an effort to understand math, participates in class, or makes good choices to help him/her advance in her/his studies in math.

What are your organizational ideas for elementary math?